It's always recommended that you have a complete "​up-to-date"​ backup of all the site files on your server also installed in a folder on your computer or on a USB drive that you use to edit files and upload them to your server via FTP. Editing and uploading files from your backup will ensure that you always have an "​up-to-date"​ backup in the event something should go wrong with your server and/or site, such as a crash or hack.

It's always recommended that you have a complete "​up-to-date"​ backup of all the site files on your server also installed in a folder on your computer or on a USB drive that you use to edit files and upload them to your server via FTP. Editing and uploading files from your backup will ensure that you always have an "​up-to-date"​ backup in the event something should go wrong with your server and/or site, such as a crash or hack.

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**Note** - You don't need to backup the "​**cache2**"​ folder, this contains a cache of your members and will be out of date if restored from a backup and may cause some members not to appear on the site or it's searches. The backup of your "​cache2"​ folder should be like the original from the Etano install package where it only contains the blank index.html file.

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When uploading or restoring files on your site from your backup, if it also includes the "​cache2"​ folder then you'll need to regenerate your skins in the admin which will regenerate the members in the "​cache2"​ folder.

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The "​cache2"​ folder can also become rather large over time. In-fact you may want to consider occasionally cleaning out the "​cache2"​ folder on your site. How often you should do this is entirely up to you and can depend on how big and active your site is. Once it becomes over several gigabytes you may want to consider cleaning it out.

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To clean it out delete everything in the "​cache2"​ folder (except for the blank index.html file) and then regenerate your skins in the admin.

It's not recommended that you use your server'​s File Manager to edit files, doing this can potentially create white spaces and break your site's layout. It's also a bad idea as it doesn'​t ensure you have a proper up-to-date backup of all your files. Edit the files from the backup of your site with a proper editor such as Notepad2 http://​www.flos-freeware.ch/​notepad2.html then upload them to your server via FTP. Do not use regular notepad or wordpad to edit files, especially PHP files.

It's not recommended that you use your server'​s File Manager to edit files, doing this can potentially create white spaces and break your site's layout. It's also a bad idea as it doesn'​t ensure you have a proper up-to-date backup of all your files. Edit the files from the backup of your site with a proper editor such as Notepad2 http://​www.flos-freeware.ch/​notepad2.html then upload them to your server via FTP. Do not use regular notepad or wordpad to edit files, especially PHP files.

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**Note** - You don't need to backup the "​**cache2**"​ folder, this contains a cache of your members and will be out of date if restored from a backup and may cause some members not to appear on the site or it's searches. The backup of your cache2 folder should be like the original from the Etano install package where it only contains the blank index.html file.

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The "​cache2"​ folder can also become rather large over time. In-fact you may want to consider occasionally cleaning out the "​cache2"​ folder on your site. How often you should do this is entirely up to you and can depend on how big and active your site is. Once it gets to be over several gigabytes you may want to consider cleaning it out

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To clean it out delete everything in the "​cache2"​ folder (except for the blank index.html file) and then regenerate your skins in the admin.